Gardaí’s tweet about traffic lights has cyclists seeing red

The gardaí tweeted a photo of a mounted policeman who fined a motorist for parking in a cycle lane

The gardaí have defended a tweet sent from its Traffic Corps account which claimed cyclists wanted “maximum leniency” going through red lights.

The Garda Traffic Corps tweeted a photo of a mounted policeman issuing a fixed charge penalty to a motorist for parking in a cycle lane as part of Operation Open City to improve traffic flows in Dublin yesterday.

A Twitter user thanked them for taking action and said the cycle lane photographed was regularly blocked. The gardaí replied: “Yes all road users need to respect others! Cyclists blame drivers and drivers blame cyclists. Cyclists want zero tolerance to parking on cycle lanes but maximum leniency to cyclists passing red lights. Together we can make roads safer for all.”

The tweet angered cyclists on…

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